Chicken Yard vs Scribbles Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chicken Yard
Explore an emergent environment where chickens exhibit various behaviors. This app is designed to teach young children fundamental systems thinking concepts through observation and interaction.
- Observe emergent chicken behaviors
- Learn systems thinking fundamentals
- Interactive observable environment
- Designed for young children
- Classroom discussion topics included
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Play with chickens in the chicken yard. You never know what will happen next. Chickens walk around the chicken yard in various states of focus and excitement. Follow them around and see what they do! Purpose: To teach young children fundamentals of systems thinking by exposing them to an observable, emergent environment whose parameters and behaviors are clearly communicated by the interface. Usage: Tap the left and right arrows at the top of the screen to toggle between chickens and observe what each one is up to. For teachers: Chicken Yard is designed to demonstrate the "Systems and System Models" Crosscutting Concept: "Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together." Use and reference the app in conjunction with the following Next Generation Science Standards: K-ESS2-2: Earth's Systems K-ESS3-1: Earth and Human Activity Topic suggestions for classroom discussion: - What do we mean when we refer to an object's "state"? - How is a chicken's state reflected in its attributes? - How a chicken's state is reflected in its behavior? - What elements of the environment do the chickens interact with? (tiles, boundaries) - How do the attributes of the environment affect the states of the chickens?
Scribbles Now
Transform your living room into a drawing challenge arena. One player sketches a secret word on their device, while everyone else watches on a TV and guesses. Enjoy a fun, ad-free party game with no accounts or subscriptions required.
- AirPlay integration for TV casting
- Large library of drawing prompts
- Intuitive drawing tools
- Ad-free and privacy-focused
- No subscriptions or accounts needed
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Scribbles Now is the ultimate drawing and guessing game for friends and family! Play locally or with friends online. Draw words, guess what others are drawing, and laugh your way through hundreds of categories. • Local multiplayer — pass and play with up to 8 players • Online multiplayer — play with anyone, anywhere • 1,000+ words across dozens of categories • Custom word lists — add your own words Scribbles Pro Subscription Unlock the full word library, custom word lists, and unlimited multiplayer with Scribbles Pro: • Monthly — $1.39 per month • Annual — $9.69 per year • Start with a 7-day free trial Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amolsrivastava.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Scribbles-Now-2155d25f093080f98b60fce7c8b5af6f
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chicken Yard at none against Scribbles Now's 2. Chicken Yard also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). Scribbles Now's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Scribbles Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.39 per month. Chicken Yard asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chicken Yard against 5.0 for Scribbles Now. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Chicken Yard | Scribbles Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Third Rail Games LLC | Amol Srivastava |
Customer experience
Chicken Yard
Scribbles Now
In-app purchases
Chicken Yard
No in-app purchases
Scribbles Now
- Monthly7 Days trial$1.391 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$9.691 Year
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